Human Interest

Newbury Rugby Club is to get a £240,000 down payment from West Berkshire Council, in addition to £41,000 a year rent

A West Berkshire school has dressed up and donated to help people in need, beating the record for the biggest single collection.

New bookings for the pop-up Covid booster vaccine clinic at Hungerford Cricket Club have been suspended.

West Berks Foodbank has put out a plea for people to donate festive treats for them to add to their food parcels.

2,000 signature petition demands West Berkshire pressures Thames Water on sewage pouring into the district’s rivers.

A family home has been transformed into a winter wonderland in a bid to raise a smile for a Christmas birthday – and some money for charity.

Picture special: The winter sun was shining as dozens of smiling Santas took to the streets for charity.

Tilehurst's Pincents Lane housing development likely to get approval

A mother and daughter, who undertook a Christmas campaign to help those in period poverty, are celebrating their organisation’s first birthday.

Christmas is coming and the NWN Over 80s Parcel Fund packing has happened.

Compton to vote in a referendum on the future of the village

Autumn is drawing to a close on a snowy note in West Berkshire.

A Donnington man's private mobile phone collection is being showcased in a new online museum.

The ‘extraordinary way that local communities have been brought together’ was highlighted again recently as a fourth Lockdown Wood was planted.

Female councillors lead the way for better political behaviour

The Newbury Real Ale Festival will run again – after a battle to get its licence renewed.

A website that aims to bring people together has been launched in West Berkshire during the Covid lockdown.

Attempts to gain permission for a traveller pitch near Thatcham have been rejected.

A global adventurer, who has rowed, climbed and cycled his way around the world, has been speaking to pupils at a Newbury school.

A Newbury woman who survived pancreatic cancer is warning others to get their symptoms checked out.